Cyber Picket Line: International Trade Union Organisations

International Trade Union Organisations

ICFTU International Confederation of Free Trade Unions The largest international centre.

ICFTU African Regional Organisation

ICFTU Asian and Pacific Regional Organisation

ICFTU Inter Americas region in Spanish

CMT-WCL World Confederation of Labour One of the 3 big international centres. The WCL was formerly seen as dominated by Christian labour federations (the site is in English, French and Spanish).

CCT Confederacion Centroamericana de Trabajadores Central American organisation of the WCL

ODSTA L’Organisation Démocratique Syndicale des travailleurs Africains (en francais). African regional organisation of the CMT/WCL.

Eurofedop European Federation of Employees in Public Services. Part of the International Federation of Employees in Public Services (INFEDOP), an International Trade Federation of the WCL.

CLAT Central Latinoamericana de Trabajadores

WFTU The World Federation of Trade Unions. Formerly the Eastern bloc's trade union arm. Post Cold War, the federation draws most of its strength from unions in the developing countries.

Federación Sindical Mundial

Global Unions A joint news and campaigns site from the ICFTU, the ITSs and TUAC

IHLO International Hong Kong Liaison Office of the international trade union movement. Supported by the ICFTU, the Global Union Federations, the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions and the Hong Kong TUC.

CTUC Commonwealth TUC

CTUC Commonwealth TUC, Caribbean

ETUC The European Trade Union Confederation

EUROCADRES Section of the ETUC for professional and managerial unions

CESI Confédération Européenne des Syndicats Indépendants/European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions

FFPE European Civil Service Federation/ la Fédération de la Fonction Publique Européenne (CESI)

CEC Confederation Europeene des Cadres/European Confederation of Executives and Management Staff

TUAC Trade Union Advisory Committee of the OECD

CCSCS La Coordinadora de Centrales Sindicales del Cono Sur (Coordination of Central Unions of the South Cone)

CLTTC Confederacion Latinoamericana de Trabajadores del Transporte y las Comunicaciones

Global Union Federations (formerly called International Trade Secretariats)

Education International

ETUCE European Trade Union Committee for Education represents 81 teachers' unions in 19 European Union and EFTA countries. The ETUCE has also associated member organisations in the Central and Eastern European countries.

ICEM International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions

ICEM Asia Pacific

ICEM North American Regional Office

ICEM Latin America and Caribbean. In Spanish and Portuguese.

ICEM Russia, eastern Europe and the Transcaucasus in Russian

EMCEF or EMCEF European Mine Chemical and Energy Workers Federation

FUTINAL Latin American Tyre and Rubber Workers Organisation. In Portuguese, Spanish and English. The FUTINAL is a regional union organisation which involves tyre and rubber workers from 9 Latin American states. It was created in 1994.

ICEM Network of Electric Energy and Mining Trade Unions for Balkans and SE Mediterannean

IFBWW International Federation of Building and Wood Workers

IFBWW Philippine Affiliated Programme Offices

IFJ International Federation of Journalists

Coordinacion de Proyectos Centroamericanos de la Federación Internacional de Periodistas IFJ Central American project

IFJ Europe

Author's Rights For All Campaign IFJ campaign site.

Media Union Information Society and Education Network

IMF International Metalworkers Federation

IMF-JC Japan Council of Metalworkers Unions (Japanese and English)

EMF European Metalworkers' Federation

Nordiska MetallsNordic Metal Workers' Unions

ITF International Transport Workers' Federation

ITF International Transport Workers Federation Japan (in Japanese)

ITF Russia

ITF Americas

ETF European Transport Workers' Federation

ITGLWF International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation

IUF - UITA - IUL International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers Unions. Will soon be available in English, French, German, Spanish and Swedish

REL-UITA Secretaria Regional Latinoamericana Union Internacional de Trabajadores de la Alimentacion, Agricolas, Hoteles, Restaurantes, Tabaco y Afines. Latin American regional secretariat of the IUF, Union of Food, Agriculture, Hotel , Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers Associations (in Spanish)

UITA - Secretaría Regional Latinoamericana (IUF)

IUF Asia Pacific region

IUF Russia

IUF/EFFAT Central European Co-ordinating Office

EFFAT European Federation of Trade Unions in the Food, Agriculture and Tourism sectors

EFA European Federation of Agricultural Workers' Unions

PSI - IÖD - ISKA - ISP Public Services International

EPSU Federation of European Public Services Unions (Euro section of PSI) site.

UNI Union Network International Launched in December 1999, the 'skills and services international brought together the old CI, Fiet, MEI and the IGF.

UNI Europe

UNI-Africa

UNI-Asia Pacific (English)

UNI-Asia Pacific (Japanese)

Int.unity A very impressive project jointly run by German union ver.di, UK union CWU and global union federation, UNI. The project has been set up to assist workers to overcome national borders and language barriers and to test and improve new ways of cooperating in international companies.

Trade Union Internationals (TUIs) - WFTU sector bodies

Trade Union International of Public & Allied Employees

TUI WEMCORI Trade Union International for Energy, Metal, Chemicals, Petroleum and Compatible Industries

UITBB Building and Wood Workers Trade Union International

WCL sector organisations

WCT/CSMEConfédération Syndicale Mondiale de l’Enseignement/World Confederation of Teachers

FLATECFederacion Latinoamericana de Trabajadores de la Educación y la Cultura

European Works Councils and other company or sector-specific union sites

Towards More Influence Danish centre LO organised a conference on EWCs in Nov 2002. This is the website

Unilever European Works Council (in English)

Konzernbetriebsrat Deutsche Unilever-Gruppe (auf deutsch)

SEMA Group EWC

Comité de Groupe Européen Air France (EWC)

Unions at Siemens Excellent initiative hosted by the German union IG Metall.

GE Workers United

Boliden Works Council (in Swedish and English). Boliden is an international mining and metals company.

EWC discussion site Sponsored by ETUDE, the European Trade Union Distance Education Project

COLSIBA Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Sindicatos Bananeros. Council of Latin American banana workers' unions

Miscellaneous international organisations

FIM International Federation of Musicians

International Federation of Musicians (FIM) International Health and the Musician Website

FIA International Federation of Actors

Sindicato Mercosul/Mercosur

Foro Telecomunicaciones Foro de Trabajadores de las Telecomunicaciones

IDC International Dockworkers Council

Caribbean Union of Teachers

Service Public Européen (union for EU institutions' civil servants).

NFS Nordens Fackliga Samorganisation (Council of Nordic Trade Unions)

BASTUN Baltic Sea TRade Union Network

IFGE International Federation of Gaming Employees

Euromil European Federation of Military Personnel Associations and Unions

International Federation of Workers Education Associations (IFWEA / IVA / FIAET)

TURN European Trade Union Regional Network TURN is a network of trade union organisations which are involved in job creation and vocational projects with, and for, unemployed people.

UISP Union Internationale des Syndicats de Police International Police Unions Organisation

IFALPA International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations

Caribbean Air Line Pilots' Association

FICSA Federation of International Civil Servants Associations

IWA International Workers Association / Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores / Internationale ArbeiterInnen Assoziation Anarchosyndicalist Federation

International Construction Institute Set up to create stronger more effective construction unions around the world by promoting exchanges of information and technical assistance focused on improving the quality of union-member services.

FIFProNet International Federation of Professional Footballers' Associations

Social Dialogue

Eurobarometer The Social Barometer for regional analysis of the impact of the European Strategy for Employment. It involves the trade union organisations of Lombardy (CGIL, CISL), the Rhône-Alpes 9CGT, CFDT), and Catalonia (CC.OO), the ETUC, the European Union and the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce.

The Social Dialogue Committee for the postal sector